Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study

Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by yazaddaruvala on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:40PM (#32958366)

I wouldn't judge this framework on a few year time horizon, but the time horizon to migrate to 100% EV fleet for Ontario.

The problem with 100% EV fleet a regular grid will be overloaded and customer's will not be incentivized to care.

This framework future proofs the Ontario grid from such a "wall".

Now that the framework exists in Ontario, prices at certain times in the day can grow 10x, 100x, 1000x where appropriate and people will care and will change their behaviors.

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by discretion22 on Friday September 23, 2022 @08:24PM (#32958649)

If time of use had even a 10x premium, people in Ontario would simply switch to simple tiered pricing which is available as an alternative to time of use pricing. Each Ontario electricity company is required to show you which would be cheaper for you and allow you to switch to the cheaper tariff to obtain cost savings.

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by yazaddaruvala on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:20PM (#32985708)

Got it, so then Ontario has good hardware and no incentives. Everywhere else has no hardware and no incentives. Still one step better for Ontario.

If/When the Ontario grid starts to feel the pressure of EVs, it is a choice between (No Electricity + Tiered Pricing) XOR (Electricity + 10x premium Time of Use Pricing).

I have a feeling everyone will complain but understand that the only option was to keep the grid running.

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